Henryson

/ ˈhɛnrɪsən /

noun

HenrysonRobert?1430?1506MScottishWRITING: poet Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne

His moral and religious poems had their prototypes, even in Scotland, in such poets as Johnston and Henryson.

In all Henryson's poems there are only three short passages which could by any possibility be described as florid.

Among the Scotch poets of the fifteenth century a prominent place should have been given to Henryson who is not even mentioned.

The date attached to Henryson's version of Æsop's Fables is that of transcription.

Under his reign, Henryson, the greatest of the Chaucerian school in Scotland, produced his admirable poems.

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